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Romans 1:21

Romans 1:21

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when: Romans 1:19, Romans 1:28; John 3:19

they glorified: Romans 15:9; Psalms 50:23, Psalms 86:9; Hosea 2:8; Habakkuk 1:15-16; Luke 17:15-18; 2 Timothy 3:2; Revelation 14:7, Revelation 15:4

but became: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21; 2 Kings 17:15; Psalms 81:12; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Isaiah 44:9-20; Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 10:3-8, Jeremiah 10:14-15, Jeremiah 16:19; Ephesians 4:17-18; 1 Peter 1:18

their foolish: Romans 11:10; Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 60:2; Acts 26:18; 1 Peter 2:9

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